Word: warriorã
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...either currently in the military or are committed to join after college. When Harvard refuses to allow ROTC on campus, it sends the message that service to one’s country is not a priority. At its core, Harvard’s ban “blames the warrior?? for a policy issue. That is the same mistake the ban originally made in 1968, when ROTC was removed from campus as the result of protests against the war in Vietnam. Among those of us in the military on campus then, there was a sting of personal rejection...
...Last Samurai” and “Peaceful Warrior??—two of the films that have influenced Carter’s writing—have strong spiritual overtones that play a role in her fiction, she adds...
...noted that the supernatural bond between creature and human creation empowered the Lakota warriors during battle. “Lakota think of warfare as unfolding as a storm—building in intensity,” McLaughlin says. “When that energy reached a certain pitch, [the warrior??s] amulets [representing this bond] would spring to life... opening the passage to the spirits.” Thunder Hawk agreed, noting that the Lakota people draw on these spirits to help them in both the rage of war and quotidian life...
Function Drinks come in three categories: Urban Detox, Light Weight, and Alternative Energy. According to the back of the bottle, the Urban Detox variety targets the “city warrior?? who “jog[s] in the smog and part[ies] on work nights.” (We can't help but wonder—do Cambridge residents qualify as city warriors?) Light Weight, at only 10 calories a bottle, supposedly "ignite[s] your natural metabolism" and keeps you looking slim. Finally, Alternative Energy can “keep you going all day and all night...
...Fought—A simulation of what would happen if two groups for whatever reason… fought. For example: Actual New England Patriots in the 18th century vs. actual Carolina panthers.” This is now a real show on Spike TV called “Deadliest Warrior??—I had nothing to do with its creation, of course, but hey, at least its existence means my ideas can’t be all that bad. Many of them are useless for sure, but you only need one great thought to make...